SCA to announce recycling education grant

SCA Tissue in South Glens Falls tomorrow will announce a new grant program to support environmental education in schools.

Company executives will be joined by Pete Grannis, commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation, and John Egan, commissioner of the state Office of General Services.

SCA is the only tissue manufacturer in the United States that uses 100 percent recycled material to produce its paper products. Its South Glens Falls plant is the largest paper-recycling operation in upstate New York.

The company turns 114,000 tons of discarded paper and other consumer waste into “away-from-home” paper products such as napkins used in fast-food restaurants and bath tissue for office buildings and hospitals.